AWARDS | Max Ophüls Preis 2009, Best Cinematography Diagonale 2009 TORONTO FILMFESTIVAL | BERLIN INT FILM FESTIVAL Love happens. Love takes place. Strange love. True love. Crazy love. Desperate Love. Everywhere, every moment. Universalove. From New York to Rio, Serbia to Japan, our planet…
The year was 1985. Thousands of miles away from the sonic debauchery of the Sunset Strip, two teenage friends shared aspirations of glam rock grandeur. Freshly permed and taking a page straight out of Hit Parader, a hungry, determined band was born. Fame and fortune, however, remained out of reach and…
NEW UPGRADED FILE (2023) This documentary by leading Australian documentary filmmaker, Tom Zubrycki, traces the development and production of the successful stage musical, Bran Nue Dae. The writer of the play, Jimmy Chi, talks about how his experiences and education led to his writing of the semi-autobiographical…
A film by NICK AGAFONOFF On war-torn Bougainville Island, a young Australian songwriter found himself working for the world's first ever unarmed international peace keeping operation. This film tells the story of how he worked with music and humour to help the people of Bougainville find the…
A film by Michel Daeron. The Auschwitz Orchestra had over 40 members, all Jewish women, all escaping death in the gas chambers because of their musical ability. All were deeply traumatised, and five decades later recall their experiences. The leader of the orchestra was Alma Rosé, the niece…
Sammy Butcher is renowned as one of the best guitarists in central Australia and one of the leading figures in the Indigenous music scene. Self-taught from the age of 10, Sammy went on to become one of the founders of the famous Warumpi Band, and toured extensively and made many recordings. This portrait…
This portrait of singer-songwriter, Warren H. Williams, expresses his close ties with his Arrernte culture, the source of his inspiration. Born in Hermannsburg to a musical family, Warren engaged with music from an early age, absorbing both traditional culture and the music of the white man’s church. Warren…
En agosto de 2015, el rapero barcelonés realizó una exitosa gira por Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay, países en los que actuó ante miles de “portadores y portadoras”, como se autodenominan sus millones de fans. Para rememorar esta multitudinaria gira, Porta ofreció…
"A funny, woozy, infectiously cheery look at a still-persevering (though struggling) national treasure" —Village Voice Founded in 1958 in East Orange, NJ, WFMU is the metro areas beloved listener-supported, freeform, independent community radio station. Driven by its commitment to…
‘Living The Experience’ is Cyberrocker Michel Montecrossa’s fascinating 21st Century Overground Musical. It is the stunning Free Cinema expression of Non-Conformity, Creative Abundance and Joy. ‘Living The Experience’ is the musical story of the triumph of Love and Beauty…
Freek de Jonge zingt! De schrandere taalkunstenaar maakt een zijstap in zijn show Parlando. De titel verwijst naar een vakterm uit de muziek, waarin iemand meer spreekt dan zingt. Freek zingzegt dus. Een ode aan het lied, met terzijdes in de vorm van kwinkslagen, oude grappen in nieuwe verpakking…
The story of multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk; who went from blind infant, to child prodigy, to adult visionary, to political activist, and finally to paralyzed showman. A seemingly superhuman musical force who played literally until the day he died. Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977) was more…
